Study origin | Journal | Country | Financial support | Length of follow-up | Sample size (exposure VS non-exposure) | Study design | Interventions (exposure VS non-exposure) | Cancer type | Quality of life assessment scale | Level of education (illiterate/primary/middle/college) (exposure VS non-exposure) | Age /years* (exposure VS non-exposure) |
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Noritoshi 1998 [8] | The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology | Japan | No report | 1992.11 ~ 1997 | 23VS21 | Cohort study | Truth-Disclosed VS Truth-Concealed | Gastrointestinal and Liver Cancer | Functional Living Index Cancer (FLIC) | Not report | 59(54 ~ 63) VS 62(56 ~ 67) |
H. Bozcuk 2001 [9] | Support Care Cancer | Turkey | Not report | Not report | 56VS44 | Cohort study | Aware of diagnosis VS Not aware of diagnosis | Gastrointestinal and Breast Cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | Not report |
Jianjun Zou 2006 [10] | Chinese Journal of Oncology | China | Not report | 2003.1 ~ 2004.2 | 69VS41 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition and partly aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Gastrointestinal, Breast, Lung, and other Cancer | FACT-G | 35/41/34/0 | 58 ± 12 |
Zhenjing Liu 2006 [11] | Journal of Psychiatry | China | No report | 2005.3 ~ 2005.9 | 60VS64 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Unknown | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 48 ± 12 |
Xiuling Wang 2006 [12] | Journal of QiLu Nursing | China | Not report | 1995.1–2006.1 | 40VS40 | Cohort study | Disclosed nursingVS Concealed nursing (disclose the truth to experiment group but conceal the truth to control group) | Liver cancer | SF-36 scale | Not report | Not report |
Alexandra 2006 [13] | Progress in Palliative Care | Portugal | Not report | Not report | 163VS75 | Cohort study | Aware of diagnosis VS Not aware of diagnosis | Gastrointestinal, Breast, Lung, and other Cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 59.3 ± 12.4VS 70.0 ± 9.9 |
Liping Zhao 2007 [14] | Journal of Nursing Science | China | Not report | 2002.8 ~ 2003.1 | 54VS11 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Liver cancer | QLS-PLC | 1/10/37/17 | 49.3 ± 13.6 |
Fang Ding 2008 [15] | Chinese Nursing Research | China | Not report | 2004 ~ 2006 | 85VS47 | Cohort study | Disclosed nursing VS Concealed nursing | Unknown | GQOLI −74 | Not report | 18 ~ 76 |
Lianxue Zheng 2009 [16] | Journal of Shanxi Medical College for Continuing Education | China | Yes | 2008.4 ~ 2008.7 | 83VS42 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition and partly aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Gastrointestinal cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 0/13/103/4 | 57.70(28 ~ 83) |
Ruihong Kong 2009 [17] | Today Nurse | China | Not report | 2005.10 ~ 2007.12 | 115VS137 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Unknown | QLQ-CCC | Not report | Not report |
Zhaoxia Li 2009 [18] | Clinical Focus | China | Yes | 2005 ~ 2008 | 87VS34 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Lung cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 39/45/37/0 | 51.0 ± 14.1 |
Ali 2009 [19] | BMC Cancer | Iran | No | 2005.11 ~ 2006.4 | 68VS74 | Cohort study | Informed of the diagnosis VS uninformed of the diagnosis | Gastrointestinal cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 23/28/9/8 VS 55/15/3/1 | 50.2 ± 13.9 VS 58.2 ± 13.4 |
Xue Xu 2011 [20] | Master’ Thesis of Shandong University | China | Not report | 2010.6 ~ 2011.4 | 83VS37 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition and partly aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Unknown | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 55(26 ~ 78) |
Xiaoping Fan 2011 [21] | Journal of Palliative Medicine | China | Yes | 2009.12 ~ 2010.07 | 86VS87 | Cohort study | Aware of diagnosis VS Not aware of diagnosis | Gastrointestinal, Urogenital, Lung and other cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 5/26/37/18 VS 11/38/26/12 | 59.35 ± 11.60 VS 62.90 ± 12.20 |
Yuqian Sun 2012 [22] | Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science | China | Yes | 2010.12 ~ 2011.8 | 62VS68 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Gastrointestinal cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 54.18 ± 15.51 VS 55.73 ± 14.96 |
Jie Luo 2012 [23] | Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment | China | No report | 2007.6 ~ 2007.12 | 93VS22 | Cohort study | Totally informed of the diagnosis and partly informed the diagnosis VS totally uninformed of the diagnosis | Lung cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 0/34/63/18 | # |
Lina Wang 2013 [24] | Journal of Nurses Training | China | Not report | 2012.1 ~ 2012.12 | 89VS98 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Gastrointestinal cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 30.9 ± 11.3 VS 31.1 ± 11.0 |
Liping Fu 2013 [25] | Chinese Journal of Gerontology | China | Not report | 2007 ~ 2012 | 100VS100 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Lung cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | Not report | 73.5 ± 15.8 |
Zaili Feng 2014 [26] | Anti-Tumor Pharmacy | China | Not report | Not report | 352VS68 | Cohort study | Informed of the diagnosis VS uninformed of the diagnosis | Gastrointestinal, Breast, Lung, and other Cancer | Jiacheng Li Foundation for Hospice Plan Quality Life Scale) | Not report | 48.0 ± 19.1 VS 49.7 ± 18.2 |
Yuanling Li 2014 [27] | International Journal of Nursing | China | Not report | 2011.12 ~ 2013.12 | 30VS30 | Cohort study | Disclosed nursing VS Concealed nursing | Liver cancer | SF-36 scale | Not report | 54.3 ± 19.4 VS 51.4 ± 17.9 |
Nobuhisa 2015 [28] | American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine | Japan | Not report | 2004.4 ~ 2008.3 | 15VS10 | Cohort study | Informed VS uninformed | Gastrointestinal, Liver and Breast Cancer | STAS-J scale | Not report | 72.8 + 11.8 |
Bo Yang 2015 [29] | Hainan Medical Journal | China | Not report | 2012.9 ~ 2013.9 | 30VS63 | Cohort study | Totally aware of the condition VS Totally unaware of the condition | Gastrointestinal, Breast, Lung, and other Cancer | EORTC QLQ-C30 | 9/21/0/0 | 69.80 ± 5.11 VS 71.95 ± 5.45 |
Ruifen Zhang 2016 [30] | Journal of Clinical Medical Literature | China | Not report | 2005.2–2005.10 | 36VS36 | Cohort study | Disclosed nursing VS Concealed nursing | Liver cancer | SF-36 scale | Not report | 49.5 ± 0.8 VS 48.1 ± 1.9 |